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...ome money?' Xerxes whipped the Sea, and writ a cartell of defiance to the hill Athos: And Cyrus for many daies together ammused his whole armie to b... ...ainst them, that so long as their fortune continueth, they overpasse what hill or difficultie soever they finde to withstand or resist them: As is s... ...that warning to any man, but the next morrow walking upon Saint Catherins hill, whence our batterie played against the towne (for it was, at what tim... ...As for myselfe, I can better and with more strength walke up than downe a hill. Those which, according to our common fashion, undertake with one self... ...ole saith, is not pitcht on the top of an high, steepie, or inaccessible; hill; for they that have come unto her, affirme that cleane-contrarie shee... ...right-shining, transparent, and perflable, placed as it were betweene two Forts, betweene two Worlds, safely sheltered from all blowes, invested wit...

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... half a bad job for two men, is it?” “One-and a half. Gad, what a Cooper’s Hill cub I was when I came on the works!” Hitchcock felt very old in the cr... ...half to Lataoli—say fifteen hours before it comes down to us.” “Curse that hill-fed sewer of a Ramgunga! Findlayson, this is two months before anythin... ...d lest unhappily I bear away their walls? Will Indra dry my springs in the hills and make me crawl humbly between their wharfs? Shall I bury me in the... ...llow horse, sniffing to see if he could find a few spare grains. “Go daown hill, then, Boney,” the Deacon replied. “Guess you’ll find somethin’ to eat... ...e engines of oppression !” “Guess his breechin’ must ha’ broke goin’ daown-hill,” said the Deacon. “Slippery road, maybe, an’ the buggy come onter him... ...f-war was going to coal. She put to sea without explanations, though three forts fired at her for half an hour. As the Julia M’Gregor she had been con...

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...oad or house. Indeed, the ground on this side was so broken up into abrupt hills, and coni- cal-shaped, oak-covered excrescences, which were seen 14 ... ...ing more in East Barsetshire, than Jackson of the Grange, or Baker of Mill Hill, or Bateson of Annesgrove. They were all his friends, and very respect... ...n of it, about a third of the whole in value, was accordingly sold. Boxall Hill lay half between Greshamsbury and Barchester, and was known as having ... ...on Dr Thorne, and that at Dr Thorne’s suggestion he had pur- chased Boxall Hill, partridge-shooting and gorse cover all included. He had not only boug... ...ridge-shooting and gorse cover all included. He had not only bought Boxall Hill, but had subsequently lent the squire large sums of money on mort- gag... ...d speechless; but it soon became evident that Nature was using all her ef- forts to make one final rally. From time to time he moaned and muttered as ... ...no longer bit her lips; she was beyond that, and was now using all her ef- forts to prevent her tears from falling absolutely on her lover’s face. She...

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...ith his fifty. And he went up to him: and, behold, he sat on the top of an hill. And he spake unto him, Thou man of God, the king hath said, Come down... ...Second Kings 4:13 – 4:26 11 27 And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. ... ...ael. 4 And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree. 5 Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah so... ...s 16:18 – 17:9 42 10 And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree: 11 And there they burnt incense in all t... ...nd all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it; and they built forts against it round about. 2 And the city was besieged unto the elevent...

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... hunting I’ll go to Greshambury; not a doubt about that.’ ‘Or go to Boxall Hill, ’ said the lady; ‘you’ll find quite as much zeal there as at Greshamb... ...she won’t reveal, I’ll show it to her. And you are quite settled at Boxall Hill, are you?’ ‘Frank’s horses are settled; and the dogs nearly so, ’ said... ...nstable. And then Mark learned that this was young Frank Gresham of Boxall Hill, son of old Mr Gresham of Greshambury. Frank had lately married a grea... ... almost fabulous value. ‘So you have the East Barsetshire hounds at Boxall Hill; have you not, ’ said the duke. ‘The hounds are there,’ said Frank. ‘B... ...the master. ’ ‘Oh! I understood—’ ‘My father has them. But he finds Boxall Hill more centrical than Greshambury. The dogs and horses have to go shorte... ...f town slander, or a poor author who could not get due payment for the ef- forts of his brain, or a poor governess on whose feeble stamina the weight ... ...he whispered into her brother’s ear an injunction about certain dairy com- forts which might not be spoken of in the hearing of Mr Crawley. ‘Good-bye,...

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... the awakening hum of men, and the glancing of the first beams upon trees, hills, spires, and house tops, to give it life and spirit. But though the... ...ched; a piece of the sandal wood I obtained, and learned that it grew on the hills in the centre of the island. - 22 - Two Years Before the Mast Richa... ...streams running through every valley, and leaping down from the sides of the hills. One stream of considerable size flows through the centre of the l... ... is certainly finely situated, with a bay in front, and an amphitheatre of hills behind. The only thing which diminishes its beauty is, that the hi... ...in its centre; or rather, every presidio has a town built around it; for the forts were first built by the Mexican government, and then the people bu... ...etation. Just in front of the landing, and immediately over it, was a small hill, which, from its being not more than thirty or forty feet high, we h... ...same time to support the power of the crown over the civilized Indians, two forts were erected and garrisoned, one at San Diego, and the other at Mon... ...vening, 26th August, we entered the Golden Gate, passed the light houses and forts, and clipper ships at anchor, and came to our dock, with this great...

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... me the easy task of listening with candour to my history. For zealous ef- forts very often fail: but bold enthusiasm, were it in its power, would not... ...Philis-tines, by the Lake of Osiers. Then passing between Rusicada and the hilly country of Syria, they travelled by the river Malva through Mauritani... .... 10 The twelfth was a most severe contest, when Arthur penetrated to the hill of Badon. 11 In this engagement, nine hundred and forty fell by his h...

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...he scientific people is, that the mouth used to be at Baton Rouge, where the hills cease, and that the two hundred miles of land between there and the... ...mory. Chief among them was the privilege to explore, far and wide, and build forts, and stake out continents, and hand the same over to the king, and ... ... heavy drinkers, coarse frolickers in moral sties like the Natchez under the hill of that day, heavy fighters, reckless fellows, every one, elephantin... ...pying the middle of a straight shore, when I got abreast of it! No prominent hill would stick to its shape long enough for me to make up my mind what ... ... of any use. Take this place where we are now, for instance. As long as that hill over yonder is only one hill, I can boom right along the way I’m goi... ...out of this steamboat as neatly as if it were a sliver in your hand. If that hill didn’t change its shape on bad nights there would be an awful steamb...

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...ion for the country, had purchased a cottage in the vicinity of Stam- ford-hill, whither he retired with the wife of his bosom, and his only son, Mast... ...Budden, Amelia Cottage (Mrs. B. ’s name was Amelia), Poplar-walk, Stamford-hill. ’ ‘Budden!’ ejaculated Minns, ‘what can bring that vulgar man here!—s... ... hot and hungry! I’ve walked all the 44 Sketches by Boz way from Stamford-hill this morning. ’ ‘Have you breakfasted?’ inquired Minns. ‘Oh, no!—came ... ...gress greatly belied its name—after climbing up four or five perpendicular hills, stopped before the door of a dusty house, with a bay window, from wh... ...d the old gentleman, who was a great critic. ‘“But that our loves and com- forts should increase”—emphasis on the last syllable, “crease,”—loud “even,... ..., with great dignity. ‘All right!’ said he, and away went the coach up the hill with that beautiful equanimity of pace for which ‘short’ stages are ge...

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...ch have preserved the generic name of what they have been, that is to say, forts or fortresses (‘freitas’). My father had been very intimate with M. d... ... there, and the surprise of Rose and his servants at an inexhaustible ant- hill of foxes come to one night! The worthy fellow, who was anger and vehem... ...wed to appropriate some of the money he had acquired to the levelling of a hill on his estate which displeased him. Another than he would have been di... ...against the Duc de Bourgogne. We shall see what success attended their ef- forts. The army was at Soissons, near T ournai, in a profound tranquillity,... ...se the people, the idle and the poor were employed to level a rather large hillock which remained upon the Bou- levard, between the Portes Saint Denis... ...n his side, agreed to give up Azof as soon as he returned; destroy all the forts and burn all the vessels that he had upon the Black Sea; allow the Ki... ...from danger, he was a long time without giving up Azof, or demolishing his forts on the Black Sea. As for his vessels, he kept them nearly all, and wo... ...nd of which there is nothing for you but to mount or descend; and with the hill, which is very short, terminate the gardens. The violence ev- erywhere... ...tisfy this new taste. He examined several neighbourhoods, he traversed the hills near Saint-Germain, and the vast plain which is at the bottom, where ...

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...bjective point was the spring at the headwaters of Broderson Creek, in the hills on the eastern side of the Quien Sabe ranch. The trail afforded him a... ...looked forward to spending nearly the whole day on the crest of the wooded hills in the northern corner of the Quien Sabe ranch, read- ing, idling, sm... ... Creek was marked by a curved line of grey-green willows, while on the low hills to the north, as Presley advanced, the ancient Mission of San Juan de... ...of uneven, broken plough was fatiguing work. The slope of the lowest foot- hills begun, the surface of the country became rolling, and, suddenly, as h... ... Norris hands, saying, “I thought it was you. When I saw you come over the hill, I called you.” “But not with your voice,” returned Presley. “I knew t... ...tion was diffi- cult, anomalous. If freight rates were cut through the ef- forts of the members of the committee, he could not very well avoid taking ...

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... and Magdalen answered: “You will have plenty of time for bicycling if the hills are not too steep, but I hope to make your lessons pleasant to you.” ... ...Her house was, like many Devonian ones, built high on the slope of a steep hill, running down into a narrow valley, and her abode was almost at the na... ...n, hav- ing respect to the capacities of the horse, even upon his na- tive hills, and she had hired a farmer’s cart to meet them and bring their lugga... ...their luggage. Already she had a glimpse of the car- riage, toiling up one hill, then disappearing between the hedges, and it was long before her gate... ...abs only charge three.” “That is testimony,” said Mrs. Best, smiling; “but hills, perhaps, reckon for miles in one’s feelings!” “Particularly before y... ..., and took her down to the great stiff handsome room that all Emilia’s ef- forts had never made to look liveable. Emilia Brown was there, very fashion...

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...palm-tree alleys, regular, like soldiers on parade; in the recesses of the hills you may stumble on a mill-house, tolling and trembling there, fathoms... ...maunga is that district of Taumasanga which includes the bay and the foot- hills behind Apia; and both province and district are strong Malietoa. Not ... ...erhaps a dozen in all; the rest were behind in the bush upon their line of forts. About the midst he sat down, and here a woman drew near to him. The ... ... the white men followed) stretched inland among bush and marsh, facing the forts of the Tamaseses. The warriors lay as yet inactive behind trees; but ... ...s visible; and their enemies looked on inert from the line of the opposing forts. The lists were not yet pre- pared, the tournament was not yet open; ... ...e of the rain 66 A Footnote to History and darkness and stolen from their forts unobserved. The rallying sign of the Tamaseses had been a white handk... ...th the siege of Lotoanuu was opened with a brisk skirmish. Each side built forts, facing across the gorge of a brook. An endless fusillade and shoutin... ...d; and out of his door they could see the Tamasese pickets on the opposite hill. Thence they made their way to the left flank of the Mataafa position ... ..., where they must climb by roots and tufts of grass; and coming to an open hill-top with some scattered trees, bade them wait, let him draw the fire, ...

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...both ladies were glad to be allowed a little silence. Coming over the last hill, Conrade roused at his mother’s summons to look out at “home,” and eve... ....” “No, he was almost shattered to pieces; but Sir Stephen sent him up the hills to be nursed by Lady Temple and her mother, and he was sent home as s... ...readfully wounded before Delhi, Sir Stephen sent him up in a litter to the hills for mamma and me to nurse. Mamma was so fond of him, she used to call... ...is task. “Or is this yours? It is not like that of those verses on Malvern hills that you copied out for me, the only thing you ever gave me.” “I hope... ... slim house, with blank walls and pepper- box turrets, set down on a bleak hill side, and every one gone that made it once a happy place, it is not at... ...r’s scarlet cheeks and absence from the drawing-room. With all Grace’s ef- forts, however, she could not bring her truant back before 282 The Clever ...

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...e shabby fellows — true — but poets still, And duly seated on the immortal hill. Your bays may hide the baldness of your brows— Perhaps some v... ...l A certain portion of uncertain paper: Some liken it to climbing up a hill, Whose summit, like all hills, is lost in vapour; For this men... ...heek A purple hectic play’d like dying day On the snow tops of distant hills; the streak Of sufferance yet upon his forehead lay, Where th... ... cooling hour, just when the rounded Red sun sinks down behind the azure hill, Which then seems as if the whole earth it bounded, Circling a... ...reasure. Byron’s Don Juan “Canto Three” 83 Arriving at the summit of a hill Which overlook’d the white walls of his home, He stopp’d.— Wha... ...ish Cohorn’s ignorance Had palisado’d in a way you ‘d wonder To see in forts of Netherlands or France (Though these to our Gibraltar must kn...

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... were now travelling, over which some troops were marched once towards Mars’ Hill, though not to Mars’ field, as it proved. It is the main, almost the ... ...apparatus, in the spring. The next morning we drove along through a high and hilly country, in view of Cold Stream Pond, a beautiful lake four or five ... ...w field, planted with potatoes, where the logs were still burning between the hills; and, pulling up the vines, found good sized potatoes, nearly ripe,... ...killed, was in some places the roughest ever travelled by horses, over rocky hills, where the sled bounced and 18 The Maine Woods slid along, like a ... ...ny lover of nature or musing traveller watching our batteau from the distant hills; not even the Indian hunter was there, for he rarely climbs them, b... ...heir ground many summers and winters in the wilderness, reminds me of famous forts, like Ticonderoga or Crown Point, which have sustained memorable si...

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...spective councils, were to meet and order the raising of troops, building of forts, etc., and to draw on the treasury of Great Britain for the expense... ... for the defense of the inhabitants by raising troops and building a line of forts. I undertook this military business, tho’ I did not conceive myself... ...the inhabitants; but the place was thought a good situ ation for one of the forts. In order to march thither, I assembled the companies at Bethlehem,... ... was the beginning of January when we set out upon this business of building forts. I sent one detachment to ward the Minisink, with instructions to ... ... country. We met with no Indians, but we found the places on the neighboring hills where they had lain to watch our proceedings. There was an art in t... ...e by their letters to be, if possible, at the meeting, and my three intended forts being now compleated, and the inhabitants contented to remain on th...